🇺🇸ap us history review

British West Indies

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

British Caribbean colonies that developed plantation economies based on staple crop exports and enslaved African labor, with enslaved populations often constituting the majority.

AP course connection

Topic 2.3: 2.3 The Regions of the British Colonies

Unit 2

"British West Indies" also found in: